Homelessness

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Seattle Urban Sprawl with colorful trees in autumn - aerial
Caitlyn McKenney
February 4, 2025
Economics, Homelessness

Sensible WA Tenancy Laws Will Help Housing Stability

Caitlyn McKenney
February 4, 2025
Economics, Homelessness
The common reality shared by housing providers across the Greater Seattle region is that housing instability has been furthered by policies that restrict providers' ability to speedily evict tenants who threaten the peace and safety of their neighbors. Read More ›
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Man with addiction sharing mental health issues with group at aa meeting, talking to therapist. People having conversation about depression and rehabilitation at therapy session.
Marvin Olasky
January 17, 2025
Homelessness

Wednesday, 6:30 a.m. at Springs Rescue Mission in Colorado Springs

Marvin Olasky
January 17, 2025
Homelessness
My columns over the next few weeks will become part of an eventual book, but before too long goes by, it’s time to describe how I spent part of my summer vacation in 2024. The summer prior, I had enjoyed the great beauty of the Colorado Springs area, including the Garden of the Gods, with its beautifully soaring red rock sandstone formations at 6,400 feet above sea level. It’s the number one park in the United States, according to Trip Advisor, but my Colorado Springs sojourn this past summer was on run-down Las Vegas Street. Read More ›
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Center on Wealth & Poverty
January 17, 2025
Homelessness

Robert Marbut Discusses Seattle’s Homelessness Crisis on the John Curley Show

Center on Wealth & Poverty
January 17, 2025
Homelessness

In Seattle, the number of people experiencing unsheltered homelessness is on track to double in just the next three years. Robert Marbut appeared on KIRO Newsradio’s John Curley Show to discuss the policies that have exacerbated the crisis and the solutions available to the city and county. Discovery Institute released a report last November detailing our policy recommendations for the Read More ›

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cheerful boy play game or closeup of playing cards in kid hand indoor
Marvin Olasky
January 10, 2025
Homelessness

A Fistful of ACEs

Marvin Olasky
January 10, 2025
Homelessness
An ideological war about homelessness is raging. Many on the right say substance abuse and mental illness cause homelessness. Many on the left emphasize the cost of housing. Those factors are real, but while living among and interviewing 80 men and women who had suffered long-term homelessness in Missouri, California, and Colorado, I learned more about what both sides underestimate: the impact of ACEs (“adverse childhood experiences”). Read More ›
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Drug addict smoking opium on tin foil
Caitlyn McKenney
January 9, 2025
Homelessness

Feds Flub Homelessness by Ignoring Addiction

Caitlyn McKenney
January 9, 2025
Homelessness
The federal government is hoping you, the public, won't notice that homelessness in America reached an all-time high last year. That was the impression given by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) when it quietly released the 2024 annual homelessness report on the Friday between Christmas, Hannukah, and New Year's. Nationwide, 771,480 people were experiencing homelessness in 2024, an 18 percent increase from the year before and the highest number on record. Read More ›